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View all search resultsMt. Sinabung erupts after five years, status raised to ‘alert’
Increased volcanic activity, as shown by visual and instrumental observations, suggests bigger follow-up eruption may happen.
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Officials from various agencies look on as two men install a poster on Aug. 29 warning residents and tourists not to approach Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra. The Mount Sinabung Monitoring Post has increased the volcano's status to Level II Waspada (advisory) following increased volcanic activities. (Kompas.com/Hendri Setiawan)
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ount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra, erupted for the first time in five years on Monday, spewing volcanic ash towering as high as 3,500 meters above the volcano’s summit.
The volcano’s alertness level was upgraded from Level II Awas (advisory) to Level III Siaga (alert).
The volcano was observed to emit thick, black ash from its crater to the East and Southeast.
Mount Sinabung monitoring post head Armen Putra said the eruption was recorded on a seismogram at 10:17 a.m. for a duration of more than 1 hour with a maximum amplitude of 120 millimeters.
“This is Mt. Sinabung’s first eruption since it ceased volcanic activity in 2021,” he told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
“The eruption is considered a major eruption because the volcanic ash column reached 3,500 meters.”
He said that the volcanic ash reaches a radius of up to 20 kilometers in the East and Southeast directions.
